Table 4.
Emergency room (ER) return visits within less than 30 days and hospitalization rates for any reason among patients with mental illnesses (MI) who re-visited the ERs by sex, age, residential areas and reasons for return visit in 2014–15 and in 2005–06
| 2014–15 | 2005–06 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N ind. | % ind. | N visits | % visits | % hosp. re-visit | N ind. | % ind. | N visits | % visits | % hosp. re-visit | Relative trend (%)d | |
| Patients with MI | 114,579 (341,030) | 33.60 | 244,511 | 31.58 | 30.29 | 104,479 (326,570) | 31.99 | 226,666 | 30.82 | 25.71 | 2.92 |
| Women | 65,401 (197,727) | 32.91 | 135,581 | 30.42 | 28.80 | 58,614 (188,895) | 31.03 | 123,205 | 29.51 | 25.02 | |
| Men | 49,178 (142,297) | 34.56 | 108,930 | 33.15 | 32.15 | 45,865 (137,691) | 33.31 | 103,461 | 32.54 | 26.52 | |
| 12–17 years | 4062 (19,529) | 20.80 | 6794 | 19.70 | 16.56 | 3233 (14,642) | 22.08 | 5464 | 20.33 | 16.95 | |
| 18–24 years | 9079 (30,283) | 29.98 | 19,324 | 28.85 | 17.11 | 8263 (26,655) | 31.00 | 17,918 | 29.10 | 14.86 | |
| 25–44 years | 27,260 (89,494) | 30.46 | 59,703 | 30.47 | 17.95 | 31,319 (103,705) | 30.20 | 70,724 | 30.54 | 14.88 | |
| 45–64 years | 31,342 (98,684) | 31.76 | 69,334 | 31.81 | 26.64 | 31,380 (103,156) | 30.42 | 70,126 | 30.93 | 22.36 | |
| 65 years+ | 42,836 (103,045) | 41.57 | 89,356 | 34.52 | 45.28 | 30,284 (78,415) | 38.62 | 62,434 | 33.08 | 45.60 | |
| Montreal | 48,313 (140,567) | 34.37 | 105,516 | 33.40 | 35.48 | 42,185 (137,545) | 30.67 | 90,230 | 30.75 | 31.56 | |
| Areas> 100,000 | 24,572 (74,213) | 33.11 | 51,051 | 30.58 | 26.75 | 21,284 (67,870) | 31.36 | 44,996 | 30.09 | 23.01 | |
| Semi-Urban | 15,967 (50,689) | 31.50 | 32,827 | 29.01 | 28.51 | 15,778 (48,652) | 32.43 | 33,417 | 29,52 | 22.54 | |
| Rural | 25,106 (73,754) | 34.04 | 53,679 | 30.84 | 24.46 | 24,237 (69.587) | 34.83 | 55,888 | 32.37 | 20.30 | |
| Reasons for return visit | |||||||||||
| PIa | 183,020 (244,511) | 74.85 | 170,401 (226,666) | 75.18 | |||||||
| MIb | 32,134 (244,511) | 13.14 | 34,514 (226,666) | 15.23 | |||||||
| MI-PI | 16,715 (244,511) | 6.84 | 10,182 (226,666) | 4.49 | |||||||
| MI-SUDc | 5746 (244,511) | 2.35 | 6496 (226,666) | 2.87 | |||||||
| MI-SUD-PI | 4436 (244,511) | 1.81 | 3431 (226,666) | 1.51 | |||||||
| SUD | 1141 (244,511) | 0.47 | 911 (226,666) | 0.40 | |||||||
| SUD-PI | 1319 (244,511) | 0.54 | 731 (226,666) | 0.32 | |||||||
aPhysical illness
bMental illnesses (MI)
cSubstance use disorders (SUD)
dRelative trends calculated as: last value (in 2014–15) minus initial value (in 2005–06) divided by the initial value (in 2005–06) multiplied by 100 to obtain value in percentage. Age: standardized data